Attachment for plows.



N. A. RODEN. ATTACHMENT FOR FLOWS. APPLICATION rum) ran. 12, ms,

Patented Aug. 18, 191 1 6 Mom;

YHE QIORRIS FEVER"; r" DUAHA 7 NEWTON A. RODEN, OF JONESBORO, LOUISIANA;

ATTACHMENT FOB, PLOVZS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A ug. '18 191st.

Application filed February 12. 1913. Serial no. "MS-28.

To all whom it may con/aw) Be it known that I, Nnw'ron A. llonnn, a citizen of the United States, residingat Jouesboro, in the parish of Jackson and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attach ments for Plows, of which the following is a speciihlation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in plow attachments, and has for its primary object to provide a blade which may be rmdily attached to plows of various forms to convert the same into scrapers or grading machines.

Another object is to provirh a blade of this clmracter which will be of extremely simple construction and which may be readily applied after the removal of the mold boards or disks.

A further object is to provide a blade of this type with means for readily attaching the same to plows of arious forms and constructions without changing the construction of the implements.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel details of construction, combination, formation and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and particularly pointed out in the accom ianying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of my improved blade connected to plow carrying beams of an ordinary gang plow in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Referring more particularly to the draw :ings, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout, the numeral 1 designates my improved blade, which is of substantially rectangular form in. cross section but tapers slightly toward one end. The blade is also preferably curved from its upper edge to its lower edge to present a concave front face and a convex rear "face, the purpose of whichwill be readily apparent. constructed of any suitable material and is attached at its narrow end to the lower curved end of one of the plow carrying l'ieams 2, by means of the bolts 23 secured through said lower end of the beam and tl'irough one angle of the angle iron l. It will be understood that the other angle of the angle iron t is secured to the blade 1 by The blade may he means of the bolts The opposite end of the blade has secured thereto, as shown at ('5, the downwardly directed end of the connecting beam. 7, the opposite end of which is bolted to a second plow carrying beam 8, as clearly shown at 9. It will be seen that by connecting the ends of the blade 1 to the plow carrying beams 2 and 8 in this manner, the wide ends of the blade will be spaced a considia'able distance rcarwardly of the beam 8, thus placing the blade at an angle to the line of draft of the implement.

The blade 1 is provided at its narrow end with the curved slot 1 through which one of the bolts 5 is extended to permit the blade 1 to be swung upon the other bolt 5 to adjust the height of the wide end of the blade, the height being determined by the gage bar 10, which will be later fully de scribed. After the height of the wide end of the blade has been adjusted, the nuts 5 on the bolts 5 are tightened against the rear face of the blade, thus securely retaining the same in adjusted position.

The blade 1 is adjusted vertically by means of the gage bar 10 which has its lower end curved downwardly and rcarwardly, as shown at 11, for engagement upon the ground or other surface forwardly of the wide end of the blade, while the upper end of the gage bar 10 is clamped to the side of the connecting beam 7 by means of the clamping member 12. It will be evident that by raising or lowering the gage bar 10, the height of the blade 1 may be readily adjusted, as occasion may require.

I have shown the narrow end of the blade as being secured to a plow carryingbeam t0 the left side of the implement, while the wide end of the blade is connected to a plow carrying beam to the right side of the implement. It will be apparent that while this is the preferred manner of connecting the blade in the rear of gang plows, it may be reversed if desired, which would require but a slight alteration of the construction and arrangement of the parts of my attachment.

From the foregoing description, it will be evident that this blade may be readily attached to disk plows or any other form of plow by simply removing the disks or mold boards at the opposite sides of the implement and securing the ends of the blade in position, as before described, thus making it possible to employ the implement for grading and like purposes.

It will be further understood that minor changes in the form of the blade and the connecting: means therefor, may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the s it of my invention. It will be understood however,

that minor changes in the manner oi? connecting the blade with the sulky plow may be made within the scope of the appended claim.

\Vhat is claimed is The combination with the end beams of an implement, of a transversely curved blade having an arcnate slot near one end and a bolt opening above said slot, an angle iron having one arm secured to one end of the blade by bolts engaged through said bolt opening and through the arcuate slot, the

2 remaining arm of the angle iron being seioness cured to one of the beams of the implement, the height of the remaining end of the blade being adapted. to be adjusted by swinging the blade upon the bolt engaged through the bolt opening thereby changing the position of the other bolt in the arouate slot, a connecting beam having one end secured to the remaining outer beam of the implement while the opposite end of said connecting beam isourved downwardly and sewired to the rear face of the blade adjacent thi second end thereof, and means for gaging the height o'l the last mentioned end of the blade.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NE /VTON A. RODEN. \Vitnesses W. J. PINE, S. E. WVAssAN.

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